Being Social
In this challenge I was given a task to mingle with people I despise and notice and what lesson I learned from doing this. As tough as it was, It was an amazing experience in the end. I would like to explain why it was an amazing experience and what was its impact on my life.
I learned a lot by reading a chapter “Do this and you will be welcomed everywhere”. To skip “I” and focus on “you” is what we really need, at times. In this chapter there were many examples, I liked the example of a child in which a child wrote a letter to an emperor who was disliked by his nation and told him, “No matter what others think he would always love him as an emperor” ,that was so kind of him.
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I implemented the principle of “take genuine interest in people” even if you don’t like them. And had a talk with a girl I did not like. Earlier, I thought of her as a selfish girl but I was embarrassed to find out that I was mistaken all this time.
Having a cup of tea with her was a life changing point for me as I learned about what she had been through in past, how she tackled those problems, what was she passionate about and what steps she was taking to fulfill her dreams I found out that everybody around us is facing challenges.
Some share their problems with us, others hide. Life is challenging for everyone and we all are going through adversities at some point or the other. The other thing I noticed was that everybody has a goal and maybe we all have similar goals at some point in life. And we all need someone who can listen to us , we want to share with people what we are going through.
Before this challenge, I would not have tried anything like this. I was a person who would only think about herself; discuss her problems, challenges and passion with her friends. I would have never paid heed to others. This project helped me learn about people from people.
